Here we go... "Much of the investment industry, especially consultants/co-investment funds that sit on the LP side of the table, exists to extract value rather than to help create it."
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"Corporate governance (I.e. assessing from multiple angles if the founder is a crook / corrupt / thief / fraud or not) is the #1 thing to focus on while investing in small / mid cap public companies and virtually all private companies."
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"Indian / Asian founders (and I assume it’s true for broader emerging markets) are masters of financial shenanigans. And you can’t go and complain to the police or security exchange or the govt or the courts since they are all part of the gravy train in some form or the other."
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"After going through the fund raising process, I learned that not all angel investors are logical!"
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"There are way more bad, unethical guys with Ivy League degrees in the Real Estate industry than in the Hedge Fund and PE industries combined."
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"You can make a smoke grenade from a ping pong ball and tinfoil."
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"After 13 years of it, CRE investment brokerage is a waste of time."
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"Big companies do surprisingly little due diligence when making $100mm+ acquisitions. They often regret mere weeks after the acquisition closes when they realize they can’t reuse any of the software, the biz is a lot less solid than it seemed, and the talent a lot less talented."
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"What I learned this year - Shark Tank deals can turn out to be very scammy and not at all how they appear on TV."
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"Most journalists have no idea how the industries they're covering actually work - the number of articles I've read about my industry that are totally off base has been increasing over time."
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"One thing I learned this year: Many small to mid-market companies would improve if the CEO quit showing up to work."
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"Most startups completely fuck their early stage employees over - they hire people that don't understand how equity works and then make it seem like it's a lottery ticket that justifies paying a low salary or they don't explain things like dilution, preference stacks, etc."
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"Anthony Pompliano is my real dad." Cc:
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"Things can't share publically: Most community banks are dead and waiting to be purchased versus lending in the community."
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"Unlike IRR, MOIC can not be manipulated."
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"Publicly sharing your fund/strategy letters and performance is very toxic and has turned into a giant comparison circle jerk."
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"What I learned this year - I still have a hard time differentiating between 'throwing good money after bad' and 'patience/persistence/long hall is the way to win.'"
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"This year I learned from my mother that Kim Kardashian used to be my baby sitter. In the early 2000s my mom used to be a singer and was friends with a guy named Damon Thomas (who was married to Kim). We would go to their house and Kim would be responsible for watching me."
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"Incentives matter. Even the people with the highest integrity aren't immune to perverse incentives. The key takeaway I learned this year is to not take it personally."
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"What I learned this year: the majority of people that seek public attention through money/power/fame are incredibly insecure & that all the money/power/fame won't make them any happier."
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"No one knows anything, but everyone seems to have an opinion."
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"I learned Epstein didnt kill himself, pizza-gate has a lot of merrit(more than a lot), world is most likely run by a bunch of blackmailed pedos."
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"What I learned this year and since Nov 2016: moderate Repubs and Dems are better people and better leaders than passionate liberals or conservatives."
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"Started a business this year. For a 2-3 month stretch, we saw very little happening. We started praying every night (maybe 2-3 minutes) for the business. Over the next month, we got a new lead almost every day. For a small fee-only RIA, that's about 6-12 months worth of leads."
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"Most people who claim to be interested and/or active in investing in private companies are completely unprepared/unwilling to handle the reality of private company transactions."
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"Most businesses (like 80-90%) are wasting their money on Facebook Ads. And I run a Facebook Ads agency. Everyone’s looking for an easy way to grow, but there’s no shortcut for solid business principles."
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"Much of the investment industry, both buy and sellside, especially in the middle and lower middle market, are not nearly as smart as the world (and they themselves) thinks they are."
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